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Linux based web hosting provider A2 Hosting today announced launch of SSD powered dedicated hosting servers. Earlier this year, A2 Hosting started offering network optimizer Railgun as a free feature on their solid state drive (SSD) Hosting service. Touted as next generation equivalent of Hard Disk Drives, SSDs are flash storage devices that do not contain magnetic discs and any moving parts in contrast to standard drives. The use 0f non-volatile storage technology makes a website’s pages load as much as 300% faster. The increase in speed will be even greater in A2 Hosting’s case it’s SwiftServer platform already provides a considerable speed boost. Now in addition to our ultra-reliable service, our customers get the additional advantage of up to 300% faster page load ...

Web Hosting provider Ubiquity Servers yesterday announced the launch of its SSD-Powered Cloud servers starting at $6/m. Backed up with an enterprise level SLA, the cloud is designed to be fully redundant ensuring no loss of service in case of hardware failure. Powered by 100% Intel 520 series SSDs, Ubiquity’s cloud services utilize a distributed file system to massively cut costs down while maintaining high performance and reliability. In an interview with DailyHostNews a few months back, Mr. Daniel Haim, Director of Marketing and Mr. Clint Chapman, CO-CEO, Ubiquity Server Solutions did mention their plans to introduce cloud services at the end of Q1. Ubiquity cloud is providing configurable data backups at $0.05 per GB which are stored separate from it’s redundant distribut...

A2 Hosting, the web host known for their high-performance SwiftServer hosting platform, is now offering network optimizer Railgun as a free feature on their solid state drive (SSD) Hosting service. The news comes a few days after CloudFlare released V3.3.3 of RailGun. According to performance tests, pages load up to 300% faster when hosted on one of A2 Hosting’s SSDs. Additionally, Cloudflare (the company who developed Railgun), has reported that sites using Railgun will experience up to 143% faster HTML load times. As an Optimized Partner, A2 Hosting is now one of the fastest hosts on the Internet. Their implementation of Railgun is smooth, making it easy for any website owner to install CloudFlare with just a click. – Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO, CloudFlare. “Website perform...

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